News tagged with chemical synthesis


Block its recycling system, and cancer kicks the can: study

All cells have the ability to recycle unwanted or damaged proteins and reuse the building blocks as food. But cancer cells have ramped up the system, called autophagy, and rely on it to escape damage in the face of chemotherapy ...

Cancer created May 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers reveal how a single gene mutation leads to uncontrolled obesity

Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have revealed how a mutation in a single gene is responsible for the inability of neurons to effectively pass along appetite suppressing signals from the body to the right ...

Genetics created Mar 18, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

How open source could help malaria treatment

In open source drug discovery all data and ideas are freely and immediately shared, and anyone may participate at any level.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0